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Saccharimeter

Sacˊcha-rim′e-ter

,
Noun.
[L.
saccharon
sugar +
-meter
: cf. F.
saccharimètre
.]
An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers’ and distillers' worts.
[Written also
saccharometer
.]
☞ The common saccharimeter of the brewer is an hydrometer adapted by its scale to point out the proportion of saccharine matter in a solution of any specific gravity. The polarizing saccharimeter of the chemist is a complex optical apparatus, in which polarized light is transmitted through the saccharine solution, and the proportion of sugar indicated by the relative deviation of the plane of polarization.

Definition 2024


saccharimeter

saccharimeter

English

Noun

saccharimeter (plural saccharimeters)

  1. A polarimeter used to measure the sugar content of a liquid.

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